Pamir
Hi Griff - a few things to consider regarding Tajikistan....
We traveleld through in July and it was still pretty cold on the pamir highway, but my wife was ill up there, and we managed to drive it in two days, getting to Osh. THe first 200kms in Kyrgystan was TERRIBLE road, so don't expect to go fast (although the Chinese were there working).
The Pamir is a great road, and you can speed through if the cold is effecting you - but I really wouldn't want to consider travellnig fast on very many other od the roads in Tajikistan. We travelled the Wakhan corrider route, which was great, really exciting and beautiful, but we were constantly stopped by landslides. These were fixed by onsite engineeres, with dynamite and JCBs. But the newly created roads were pretty scary, and I wouldn't have wanted to travel those with any ice or snow about.
Finally - remember Tajikistan is still liable to through your plans around.We were thinking of not going the Wakhan route, but forced to because (apparently) some Taliban chief was misbehaivng on the northern route.
Not sure if I have helped or not - but its a great route through the Stans and I it was the highlight for us of our entire trip.
Good luck
Ollie
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